Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2014.

Amendment of the Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2007

2.  The Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2007(4) are amended as follows.

3.  In regulation 14 (voluntary adoption agencies), in each place where it occurs, for—

(a)“£505.11” substitute “£556”;

(b)“£952.54” substitute “£1048”.

4.  In regulation 15 (adoption support agencies), for—

(a)“£956.05” substitute “£1052”;

(b)“£505.11” substitute “£556”.

5.  In regulation 16 (fostering agencies), for “£1597” substitute “£1757”.

6.  In regulation 17 (children’s homes, etc.)—

(a)in paragraph (1) (children’s homes), for—

(i)“£1455.32”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£1601”;

(ii)“37”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “34”;

(iii)“£144.95” substitute “£159”;

(b)in paragraph (2A) (residential family centres), for—

(i)“£969.23” substitute “£1066”;

(ii)“£1090.75” substitute “£1200”;

(iii)“£1138” substitute “£1252”;

(c)in paragraph (3A) (boarding schools), for—

(i)“£632.49”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£696”;

(ii)“£38.07” substitute “£42”;

(iii)“£994” substitute “£1093”;

(iv)“£1391” substitute “£1530”;

(v)“£1789” substitute “£1968”;

(vi)“£2186” substitute “£2405”;

(d)in paragraph (3B) (residential colleges), for—

(i)“£632.49”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£696”;

(ii)“£38.07” substitute “£42”;

(iii)“£969” substitute “£1066”;

(e)in paragraph (3C) (residential special schools), for—

(i)“£1163.96”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£1280”;

(ii)“£115.66” substitute “£127”;

(iii)“£2899” substitute “£3189”.

7.  In regulation 18 (local authority adoption and fostering functions), for—

(a)“£1161.75” substitute “£1278”;

(b)“£1815.75” substitute “£1997”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Part 4 (annual fees) of the Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/694). They amend the annual fees that are paid under the Children Act 1989, the Care Standards Act 2000 and the Education and Inspections Act 2006 to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills in respect of voluntary adoption agencies, adoption support agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres, boarding schools, residential colleges, residential special schools and local authority adoption and fostering functions.

An Impact Assessment has been prepared for this instrument. It is available from the Department for Education and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.